Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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xah / xaha- spider
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6744 | revised Jan 27 2016
xah / xaha- • N • spider
Derivatives (10)
xahá'aan "spider thread, spider silk"
xahákaam "type of large spider"
xahamíchmiich "type of small spider"
xahávik "spider-web; crocheting"
xahavíkapuh "crocheting"
xahavikeekyâar "crocheting needle"
xahavikeekyávaan "type of caterpillar"
xahavishvantínihanach "type of spider with a white body"
xaha'eeráriiv "spider's nest"
xaha'únuhich "type of spider"
Source: WB 1584, p.396; JPH ani 06:769
- xahátaay su'. It's full of spiders. [Reference: KV]
- púyava koovura paxah, koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav. And all the spiders, they all made their string. [Reference: WB T33.53]
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púyava koovúra pa-xah koovúra mukún-'aan kun-íkyav you.see all the-spider all 3plPOSS-string 3pl(>3s)-make And all the spiders, all made their string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkoovúra pa-xáh tá kun-kuníh-uraa pa-mukún-'aan all the-spider PERF 3pl(>3s)-shoot-up the-3plPOSS-string All the spiders shot up their string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text